We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
44 of its 87 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kathmandu accounted for 41 of Nepal's 44 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
133 of its 219 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 67 of Iran's 133 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. 38 of Tehran's 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
24 of its 31 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
44 of its 80 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kampala accounted for 26 of Uganda's 44 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
31 of its 52 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Banjul accounted for 19 of the Gambia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories).
50 of its 204 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 20 of Nassau's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 42 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
110 of its 310 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 65 of Malaysia's 110 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets.
8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in India (349 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (57 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); respiratory illness in China (36 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); extreme cold in US (302 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 Dec. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 15,553 stories about harm among 72,631 counted on 22 Dec.
No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 29 September 2022. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 72,631 stories, above the usual 19. It was the second day running that the news turned to Nepal. In India's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. On 22 December 2021, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 21 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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